IBM® Optim High
Performance Unload for DB2® for Linux®, UNIX® and Windows® V4.2, a solution for unloading,
extracting, and repartitioning data with higher speed and less demand on system
resources, supports DB2 pureScale with:

Practically unlimited capacity

Application transparency

Continuous availability to help reduce the risk and cost of business growth

IBM Optim High
Performance Unload for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows V4.2 is a high-speed tool for
unloading, extracting, and repartitioning data in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows databases. It helps database
administrators (DBAs) work with very large quantities of data with less effort
and with faster results. Organizations value Optim High Performance Unload for its ability
to:

Execute concurrently with production applications -- maintaining system
availability, but minimizing duration of impact to production performance

Reduce the risk of impacting online production by fitting more work (for
example, unloads, backups, migrations, and repartitioning) into tight or shrinking
batch windows

Use Optim High
Performance Unload in conjunction with the new IBM DB2 Merge Backup tool to maximize availability
of your database

Deliver the value of new hardware and software investments faster by speeding
database migrations

Recover from single table failures or accidental table drops by extracting
a single table from a backup for restoration

Utilize incremental copies that can now be utilized in addition to the
full image copies

Optim High
Performance Unload provides the ability to choose the precise data to move
to a target destination by using filters and unloading subsets of data.

To achieve high-speed and low system resources, Optim High Performance Unload reads directly
from the table space file, rather than using the database engine. To avoid
contention with the production database or CPU resources on the production
server, Optim High
Performance Unload can extract data from full, offline backups, including
incremental backups.

Optim High
Performance Unload streamlines processes with capabilities for creating multiple
output formats during a single unload process. For example, you can choose
output to files, pipes, or other devices and support multiple output formats,
including XML, delimited and undelimited ASCII, and DSNTIAUL -- all within
a single unload process. To conserve on storage space, Optim High Performance Unload provides
the capabilities needed to move data directly from one database to another,
including unloading, transferring, and loading data between a source and target
without requiring intermediate storage. This allows for more efficient data
transfer, particularly when migrating data from one system to another.

With backup and recovery operations focusing on media failure or disaster
recovery, sometimes accidental errors such as a single table drop can create
a real problem. Using Optim High Performance Unload, database administrators
(DBAs) can unload a single table from a database backup and enable fast recovery.

Now with DB2 High
Performance Unload V4.2, DBAs can better focus on choosing the data that they
want to move and where they want to move it, and DB2 High Performance Unload will then execute
that plan with less time spent by the DBAs, less chance of configuration mistakes,
less usage of system resources, and less impact on the business that needs
its important data in the new location as quickly as possible.

When database administrators (DBAs) need to extract large amounts of data
from their databases, they need the data very quickly. This is especially
true for database migrations. The negative impact on businesses from lengthy
database migrations can be very significant or can often prevent the database
migration altogether. Slow migrations delay the value delivery from new hardware
and software investments. Canceled migrations mean added cost and poor performance
as organizations do not get the benefits of faster and more economical hardware
platforms while application performance suffers, in spite of the increasingly
large amounts of time spent by the DBA trying to tune the database for better
performance.

New features in Optim High Performance Unload V4.2 include:

Support for the highly scalable DB2 pureScale, the newest version in the DB2 for Linux, UNIX,
and Windows family

Ability to unload from a schema giving you more options to quickly unload
data than the standard approach

DBAs using Optim High
Performance Unload V4.2 can more quickly define, and then execute database
migrations to newer IBM and other hardware and increase the scalability,
reliability, and performance of their mission-critical database applications.
Database application throughput increases and the time spent by the DBAs reacting
to performance issues decreases, without any time-consuming or expensive application
changes.

Accessibility by people with disabilities

A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) can be
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Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act

Optim High
Performance Unload for DB2 for LUW is capable as of November 5, 2010 , when
used in accordance with IBM's associated documentation, of satisfying the
applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided
that any assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates
with it. A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT),
containing details on the products accessibility compliance, can be requested
on the following website

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Program name Program Form number
number
Optim High Performance Unload for DB2 5724-B90 L-DNAA-86FPZ8
for LUW

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Product upgrades and technical support are provided by the Software Subscription
and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance) offering as described
in the Agreements. Product upgrades provide the latest versions and releases
to entitled software and Technical Support provides voice and electronic access
to IBM support
organizations, worldwide.

IBM includes
one year of Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software
Maintenance) with each program license acquired. The initial period of Software
Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance) can be
extended by the purchase of a renewal option, if available.

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installation and usage (how-to) questions, and code-related questions. IBM provides
assistance via telephone and, if available, electronic access, to your information
systems (IS) technical support personnel during the normal business hours
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System i Software Maintenance applies

No

Educational allowance available

Not applicable.

On/Off Capacity on Demand (CoD)

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capacity on the corresponding hardware, and the required contract - Z125-6907,
Amendment for iSeries® and pSeries® Temporary
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IBM has
transformed its delivery of hardware and software support services to help
you achieve higher system availability. Electronic Services is a web-enabled
solution that offers an exclusive, no-additional-charge enhancement to the
service and support available for IBM servers. These services are designed
to provide the opportunity for greater system availability with faster problem
resolution and preemptive monitoring. Electronic Services comprises two separate,
but complementary, elements: Electronic Services news page and Electronic
Services Agent.

The Electronic Services news page is a single Internet entry point that
replaces the multiple entry points traditionally used to access IBM Internet services
and support. The news page enables you to gain easier access to IBM resources
for assistance in resolving technical problems.

The Electronic
Service Agent is no-additional-charge software that resides on your server.
It monitors events and transmits system inventory information to IBM on a periodic,
client-defined timetable. The Electronic Service Agent automatically
reports hardware problems to IBM. Early knowledge about potential problems enables IBM to
deliver proactive service that may result in higher system availability and
performance. In addition, information collected through the Service Agent
is made available to IBM service support representatives when they help answer
your questions or diagnose problems. Installation and use of IBM Electronic
Service Agent for problem reporting enables IBM to provide better support and service
for your IBM server.

For Passport
Advantage information and charges, contact your IBM representative or authorized IBM Business Partner,
or authorized IBM Business
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Optim, Database 2 and Electronic Service Agent are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

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